Alarmist reports promise hostilities in Jap-Rus crisis
Paris dispatches summarize cautious official readings on Japan Russia tension. Tokyo notes show no reply to Russia's first proposition and hint at troop moves only with Russian consent. Berlin reports German bankers doubt loans to either power without government approval.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
Toklo
Tsueafa
Ceres
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Berlin
The
Tageblatt
Germany
Foreign Office
United States
France
England
Engineers dispatched in Corea to replace telegraph operators
Tokyo reports six military engineers have been sent to Korea to replace civil operators on the Japanese telegraph lines on the peninsula. Officials insist the move has no military significance.
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Tokio
Corea
Its
Far East War Prospects: Russia and Japan Hold Line
Berlin reports official view that major war in the Far East is unlikely for weeks as Japan negotiates and Russia stays passive. Czar agrees to no aggressive moves while Britain is not expected to be drawn in.
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Berlin
Far East
Japan
Russia
Great Britain
Abyssinia Honors Minister Skinner Visit
Addis Ababa reports Emperor Menelik personally receives Consul General Skinner as the American mission arrives with escort of Persian troops. The party is lodged in Ras George’s palace and will hold a formal audience to discuss the mission’s purpose.
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Addis
Abyssinia
Jubitt
Emperor Menelik
Bkinner
Menelik
Mr. Skinner
Capital
Civil Service Report for Year Shows Exam totals and staffing
Washington reports 112 624 examined for the classified service and 40 423 appointments last fiscal year. Clerical 24 percent, professional 3, mechanical 38, skilled labor 7. Nearly 80 percent passed. 3 percent of all examined gained appointments.
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Washington
Frankm. Riggins
Civil Service Commission
Kiggins
God Education Urged in Public Schools Sermon
New York December 21 The Rev Dr George C Lorimer of Madison Avenue Baptist Church argues religious education belongs in schools and churches must shoulder child education duties He cites declines in religious culture and contrasts Protestant and Catholic efforts urging unity to instill reverence for God and moral order.
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New York
George C. Lorimer
Madison Avenue
Church of Jesus Christ
New Coal Fields Found Beyond Limits in Pennsylvania
Reports from Auchey’s station Schuylkill county claim beds of pure anthracite coal extend far beyond the traditional southern boundary of Pennsylvania’s hard coal region. Farmers in the area have begun prospecting on their lands amid growing excitement.
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Pottagile
Auchey
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
Funerals in Chicago Hit By Livery Strike
Chicago faces a fourth day of rancor as livery drivers strike halts hearses and carriages. Ambulatory ambulances barred by pickets. police may guard sick and dead conveyances. Over 100 mourners march after a funeral in a dead wagon.
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Chicago
Livery Drivers Union
Northwest
Union Depot
Dearborn
John Curran
St. Patrick’s Church
United States Reduction and Refining Co Declares January Dividend
New York Dec 21 The directors of the United States Reduction and Refining company have passed the January dividend on the preferred stock. A circular to holders notes labor troubles since February last when a strike was declared in two Colorado city works by the Western Federation of Miners.
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New York
United States Reduction and Refining Company
Colorado City
Western Federation of Miners
Preagher's Art Collection Ordination News
Rev. Alfred Duane Pell, a prominent New York figure, was ordained a Protestant Episcopal priest by Bishop Potter in St John The Divine Cathedral. He is noted as a leading China authority, and a vast collection he placed in the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences spans ages since earthenware.
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New York
Alfred Duane Pell
Potter
St. John the Divine
Pell
China
Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences
Legislature Urges Ratification of Panama Treaty
Baton Rouge Ia Dec 21 Both houses adopted a resolution asking United States senators from the state to vote in favor of ratifying the treaty for a Panama canal.
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Baton Rouge
United States
Navy officials confer on isthmus matters in Washington
Rear Admiral Taylor head of the bureau of navigation meets with Captain Pinsbury Captain Swift Commander Winslow and Lieutenant Belknap to discuss incoming cables from Admirals Class Coghlan. The exchange concerns the isthmus and a cable from Coghlan requests crackers be sent to the isthmus instead of bread due to climate considerations.
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Washington
Taylor
Bureau of
General Naval Board
John HE
Pinsbury
William Swift
General Boards
Winslow
Lieut
Belknap
Bureau of Navigation
Coghlan
Moody
Colon
Central Pacific Loses Land Case in Utah Supreme Court Decision
Washington reports the Utah Supreme Court ruled Toltec Ranch Company versus William Babcock and Louisa Labcock valid land titles based on long possession under the Central Pacific grant. The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Utah ruling on December 21, with Justice McKenna delivering the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Central Pacific Railroad
Toltec Ranch Company
William Babcock
Louisa Labcock
the Ranch Company
Supreme Court of
Utah
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Justley McKenna
Senator Dietrich Explains Charges Before Federal Court
Omahe December 21 General John C Cowin counsel for Senator Dietrich says the plea before the Federal court concerns indictments for receiving money to secure a postmaster appointment at Hastings and a conspiracy indictment. Dietrich pled not guilty to the former and declined to plead to the latter after Fisher demurred. Colby and Gaines were arraigned before Judge Munger on embezzlement and perjury charges and released on bond.
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Omahe
John C. Cowin
Dietrich
Jacob Fisher
Hastings
Fisher Inter
General Colby
Dan Gaines
Munger
Riot and arrests follow Sunnyside mining strike
Salt Lake City dispatch reports thirty striking miners went to the home of a nonunion man and ordered him to quit work. He refused and fled, pursued by strikers until company guards rescued him. Italian workers were arrested and placed under guard. Today Castra Gate coal mines opened with eighty nonunion men returning to work and no further demonstrations.
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Salt Lake City
Sunnyside
Strik
Ers
Castra Gate
Saloon Keeper James Vielk Hangs Self in Jail
Chicago December 21 James Vielk a saloon keeper who recently killed his wife by choking her to death hanged himself in his county jail cell with a handkerchief. Authorities believe insanity played a role and that he killed his wife before taking his own life driven by alleged wife drinking spells.
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Chicago
James Vielk
Vielk
President Roosevelt Begins Holiday Recess
President Roosevelt started the congressional holiday recess today and will limit calls to urgent public business for two weeks. Speaker Cannon and Senators Long and Fuller called but were not received. Cannon may stay in Washington, possibly visiting his Illinois home after Christmas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cannon
Long
Kansas
Fuller
Oregon
Illinois
Injunction against Strikers in Cincinnati
Cincinnati December 21 Judge Hazen of the Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction against the Building Trades Council and the Plumbers Union. They are barred from interfering with contractor employes by disciplining them after an assault on I. B. Blake the foreman and stockholder who continued working on a contract.
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Cincinnati
Building Trades Council
Plumbers Union
Hazen
Supreme Court
Contractors Association
Blake
Munroe and Sharkey Drawn For Pre-March Bout
New York and Nevada lightweights Jack Munroe and Tom Sharkey were matched today for a limited bout to take place before March 1 at a venue chosen by the club offering the best inducements.
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New York
Jack Munroe
Tom Sharkey
Sara Martine Murderer Arrested in Sailors’ Resort Case
New York detectives arrested Carl Ellsten in the Sara Martine murder at an East River sailors’ resort. Another suspect, Otterman, was seized at Sailors Union HQ and identified by Mrs. Kelly and others as the man who escorted the victim to the room where her body was found. The examination in district attorney Garvin’s presence showed the suspect appeared terrified by the blood stained articles. Garvin and Inspector McGlaskey expressed confidence they had the right man.
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New York
Carl Ellsten
Sara Martine
East River Front
Eynell Otterman
Sailors’ Union
South Street
Kelly
Martino
Toftermat
Garvin
Mr. Garvin
Inspector McGlaskey
Ten Per Cent Wage Cut Planned Across Steel Industry
Pittsburg reports that after Christmas there will be a general 10 percent wage reduction at all non union iron and steel plants. United States Steel representatives met with independents and reached a uniform readjustment agreement for all employees.
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United States Steel Corporation
Wages to Rise for Oliver Mining Workers in January
Houghton Michigan reports that Oliver Mining Company wage increases of 10 to 17 percent will take effect January 8. In Pittsburgh on December 21 idle window glass workers will receive cash Christmas gifts totaling about 75000 dollars from their organizations' treasuries.
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Houghton
Mich
Dee
Oliver Mining Company
Steel Trust
Pittsburg
Treasuries
Suspension Order Revoked In Timber and Stone Act
Washington officials revoke the suspension on timber and stone act entries. Final action will proceed in regular order by the general land office. Hundreds of thousands of acres and all entries held up by fraud are eligible for patenting once scrutiny continues.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Ands
Attempt to Extort Money Triggers Guard on New York Boston Express
New Haven dispatch reports the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad placed the night express under heavy army guards after a demand for 9000 dollars. A letter threatening destruction was formed by clipping words from newspapers and sent to the railroad president.
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New York
World Dispatch
New Haven
Hag
Colombian Troops Land Near Cape Tiburon Island
About one hundred Colombian troops reportedly landed on the Island of Pines northwest of Cape Tiburon, Panama. The Mayflower and Bancroft were active nearby while Rear Admiral Coghlan shifted his flag to the Prairie and 35 Prairie marines were landed to occupy the canal company house at Bas Obispo near Empire.
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Island of Pines
Cape Tiburon
Gulf of da- Hen
Panama
Mayflower
Bancroft
Nombra de Dios
Nashvillé
Bocas de Toro
Coghlan
United States Steamship
Prairie Marines
Das Obyepo Station
Empire
Canal Company
Bas Qbyspo
Colombian Troops Land on Los Pinos Island Near Panama
Official confirmation reports 80 Colombian troops landing on Los Pinos Island off Panama's coast. They occupy a position on the island and plan to clear paths through the surrounding terrain.
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Washington
Los Pinos
Panama
Kézh
College bred diseases of the mind at Chicago convocation
The Rev. Prof. W. D. MacClintock warned Chicago University graduates that college life fosters forced culture and indecision. He said minds grow beyond their stage, imitation and disillusionment take hold, and indecisive judgment calms ambition. He urged strong conviction, belief in progress, simple thinking, and freedom from provincialism.
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Chicago
W. D. MacClintock
University of Chicago
Turks Slay Christians in Gusinje Northern Albania
A Christian judge and two Christian gendarmes were fatally harmed by Muslims at Gusinje in northern Albania. The victims had been appointed to their posts under the Macedonian reform scheme backed by Austria and Russia.
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Cettings
Montenegro
Mussulmans
Gusinje
Albania
Austria
Rusela
London Stocks Slip as Far East Tension Spreads
The London market opened fractionally lower as Far Eastern tensions weighed on sentiment. United States Steel preferred fell, Readings coal shares led declines, while some specialties and Lackawanna and Westinghouse Electric posted gains before trading softened amid mixed railroad activity.
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New York
London
Iisted
Lackawanna
Westinghouse Electric
United States Steel
United States Steel Preferred
Atchisons
Southern Pacific
Harvest yields reach new Australian grain record in Melbourne
Melbourne Victoria reports a record harvest with an estimated total output of 76,400,009 bushels surpassing the previous peak of 48,900,000 bushels. Dee 91 notes the strong season and unusually high yield across the state.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Meteor Wreck Kills Nine on Fort Scott Route
A fast Meteor passenger train on the St. Louis and San Francisco line derailed at Godfrey near Fort Scott after a switch was left open by a freig ht crew. Nine were killed and over twenty injured, many burned, as cars piled into cornfields and the sleeper stayed upright. The brakeman who failed to flag the Meteor vanished. The dead include engineer Dewees and conductor Hoyt. Messenger Bell died later.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
Fort Worth
Godfrey
Fort Scott
B. A. Dewees
Sheridan Kanable
Hoopertown
B. F. Farroway
Jonesborough
Ark
Call
Hobart
Henry McKinley
Spyder
Thomas Kent
Mountain View
J. W. Gulll
Ottumwa
Iowa
Henry M. McDonnell
Lod
Howard Lee
Oklahoma City
Joseph H. Donohue
Franklin
Walter Godsby
John Bell
Express Messenger
J. D. Bryant
Davenport
W. FR. Farmer
Blackwell
Elmer Corbin
Besale
Jacob Roetzler
Parker
C. J. Donovan
Snyder
J. W. Adamson
H. B. Darington
Wreck Express
Messenger Bell
Despondent machinist murders wife and three children
In Cleveland on December 20, Roscoe W. Derby, 45, killed his wife Della and children Harold 8 Alice 7 and Thomas 5 then shot himself. The crime appears planned with Derby obtaining a revolver and leaving a note predicting the family’s death before dawn.
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Cleveland
Roscoe TY
Derby
Troscoe W
Della
Harold
Alice
Thomas
La Bruyere Reaches Port After 1700 Tons Iron Arrival
The four masted bark La Bruyere arrives at Port Los Angeles with 1700 tons of iron from Newcastle on Tyne England. The vessel, long overdue by three months since May 10, faced storms blamed for delays though reports vary.
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Los Angeles
la Bruyere
Port Los Angeles
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Bruyere
Cotton Market Opens With Heavy Activity in New York
New York reports heavy opening in cotton trading as bulls buy especially near positions. Prices move sharply after overnight selling. front months fall 19 to 21 points within the first 45 minutes of trading.
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New York
London Stock Market Opens Flat on Far Eastern Tension
London stock market opened flat amid Far Eastern tension with Japanese stocks slipping about a point and consols slipping three-eighths, while Russian shares declined about a half point.
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London
Stock Exchange
Jury cannot reached verdict in Weeks murder trial
Bedford Indiana December reports jurors in the weeks case have failed to agree on a verdict after deliberating all day Saturday. The trial charged Mrs. Cora Weeks with killing her elderly mother Mrs. Susanna Ireland. The jury did not release ballot results.
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Bedford
Ind
Cora Weeks
Susanna Ireland
Finland Liner Finland Goes Ashore Near Flushing
Passengers aboard the Red Star liner Finland, which left Antwerp for New York, went ashore near Flushing. The ship is leaking and cargo is being discharged as work progresses slowly.
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Holland
Red Star
Finland
Antwerp
New York
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